El Porto Beach surf break

El Porto Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 PDT
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El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Porto Beach today?

The current surf forecast for El Porto Beach at 3PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at El Porto Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181313161687716161616171818181818181516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)545453909118621013412974129175193316319319273127174121255326330330
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SW
25
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.21
3:44AM
1.16
7:46PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.21
11:06AM
0.19
12:08PM
0.12
11:52PM
0.87
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:20-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161919191919181717192020191817171718191817161615
Feels °C (?)161917171919181717181916161616161717171515141413
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